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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Areas served: Worldwide. Costco Wholesale.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Some major victories were also won on both the local and federal levels in getting government recognition and support around digital access. Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. like Texas, where one instructor will be heading to college. The concept of] family literacy is also very important in our community.

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Celebrating TechSoup's Talented and Extraordinary Customer Service Team

Tech Soup

" Of her favorite charitable interests, she says simply, "Anything dealing with children pulls at my heart strings." He loves organizations that promote literacy and that introduce kids to stories and storytelling. " Outside of TechSoup, Khadijah loves finding new Bay Area restaurants and street festivals.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

Programs like this often add an array of useful freeware software to their AT computers like GCompris , Childsplay , and the Zacbrowser , which is an Internet browser specifically designed for autistic children. There are statewide programs like Texas Center for the Visually Challenged and Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Texas Women’s Foundation. This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide.